Shutter-bolt



(Model.) A

G. M. BEGHTEL.

. SEUTTBR BOLT. Y No.291.023. Patented Jan. l. 1884.

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GEORGE M. BEGHTEL, OF READING, PENNsYLvANL/i.

SHUTTER-BOLT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,02B, dated January 1, 184.

' Application med July-31,1893. (Hotel.)

V['0 @ZZ whoml it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BEcH'rEL,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Reading, county of Berks, State of 5 Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shutter-Bolts, of which the following is a specification. This improvement relates to that class of shutter-bolts provided with means for the bowing of the same.

The object of the improvement is to combine with a shutter bolt or fastener an adjustable bowing and looking stop, and, in lieu of thehutter-rings usually attached below the bolt, to add to the same aiixed equivalent therefor, forming an integral portion of the bolt and keeper case.

The drawings herewith, forming a part of this specification, will enable an expert to construct the same according to my invention.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the same.

Figure l is a front elevation of the shutterbolt and keeper-plate as lockedupon the shutter. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same. Fig. 3 is atop view of the locking-bar. Fig. 4 is a side and endview of the same. Fig. 5 is areverse or back elevation of the improved shutter-bolt. Fig. 6 is an end view of the keeperplate, showing the shutter-pull. f A represents the bolt-plate; `A, the boltcase; A2, a longitudinal slot for the shifterbutton, A, shutter-pull integral with the case and plate; At, screw-holes; A5, enlargement andrecess in case for head D2 of locking-bar; A, ledge for the retention of the locking-bar in a non-locking position; B, the bolt; B', the y shifter-button; B2', the bowing-hook; B3, locking-notches in the top edge of the bolt; C, the keeperplate 5 C', the keeper; C2, inclined plane; C3, shutter-pull integral with thekeeper and plate; 0*, screw-holes; C", bowinghoo'k seat; D, locking-bar; D', retaining-clip; D2, enlargement of bar; D, abutting-stop; Dt, shifting-head; D, locking-stop.

The bolt-plate` and keeper-plate are both so constructed and arranged that they7 may be molded in ordinary snap-asks, and are cast complete, requiring no machine-tting to re- 5o ceive the bolt and locking-bar. The bolt has at one end the usual bowing-hook, the oppo- -site end having on its upper edge a series of notches to receive the stop D5. It is drilled. for and has riveted to it the shifter-button B. The looking-bar stop D5, in its normal state, rests upon the ledge Aand slides freely in the case A upon the bolt B. It is provided with a clip, D', to retain it upon the bolt edge, with an enlargement, D2, to lock the bolt downward, and with an abutting-stop, D3, to pre- 6o vent withdrawal from the case; a head, D4, for shifting, and a stop, D, for locking the bolt by dropping into the notches B3 of the same. The shutter-pulls .A3 C, integral with the bolt and keeper plates, are convenient Of access, always ready for the insertion of the ngers, reduce the expense of the shutterfittings, and save much annoyance in stormy and freezing weather in loosening rings-the usual appliances. 7o

To assemble the bolt, case, and locking-bar, the locking-bar D is first inserted in the case A. The bolt B is then put in place and the shifter-button riveted in, which thus secures both bolt and locking-bar movably withintlie case.

To operate the device as a bower, the stop D5 is drawn back and rested upon the ledge A, the hook B2 is dropped in its seat C5, and the shutters opened to the desired extent. 8O The stop D5 is then removed from the ledge A and dropped into the notch B3 nearest the end of the case A. At the same time the enlarged head D2 is carried forward between the bolt B and the top edge of the front opening 85 in the'case, and locks the bolt downward, so that while it remains in that position the hook B2 cannot be released from its seat C5. To lock the shutter, the stop is lifted out of the notch and carried rearward to its first po- 9o sition upon the ledge, the shutters are closed, and the bolt thrown forward to the full extent of its movement, in which position the last notch B" of 'the bolt is just outside of the case A. The locking-bar-is again set forward and the stop D5 dropped therein, which effectively locks both shutter and bolt, and, unless from the interior of the house, the bolt is burglarproof. The hump A5 in the case is extended down the front inside of the case far enough Ioo to clear the thickened head D? and its elip D, The abutting-stop D1 limits the movement of the locking-bar and its stop rearward.

5y the adoption of the locking-bar D, great freedom ofthe bolt-bar B is obtained, and yet when the shutters are either locked or bowed all annoyance from rattling by high winds is prevented thereby. dren the looking-bari) is drawn rearward with its stop D"7 upon the ledge A, the boltbar Bis relieved from all pressure; but when the look-bar D is thrown forward toward the keeper-ease C it loeks the bolt-bar B rigidly in place, whether the shutters are bowed or looked, and as long as this position of the loekingbar is maintained the look eau only be released from the interior of the building, and the shutters are burglarprool'.

Having shown the construction, application, and operation of my shutter-bolt, l desire to secure by Letters Patent the following eiaims thereon:

1. In combination with a shutter-bolt pro- Ivided with the usual bolt and keeper oase, a series ot' notches, B, on the rear upper edge of the bolt, aud :,rloeking-bar, l), with a stop, D5, adapted to seat therein, a ledge, A, to support the stop when not engaged with the bolt, the bar thickened at its forward end to lock the bolt downward, the keeper-ease pro vided with, an inelined plane, C, bowing Seat C", and both keeper and bolt eases, and plates haring shutter'pulls A and C east integral therewith, substantially as shown, and l'or the purpose set forth.

2. A looking-bar, D, provided with a elip, D', a thickened head, D, abutting-stop D, head Dl, and locking-stop D, in Combination with bolt-ease A, keeperease C', and plates A C, provided with shutter-pulls A C, east integral therewith, bowing Seat C", bolt B, and notehes I3, whereby, when the bolt B is in either a locked or bowed position andthe bar D thrown forward, the boltB is rigidly locked downward in the keeper-ease C' or upon the bowing seat C, the withdrawal ot' the bar l), with its foot D placed upon the ledge A, re leasing the bolt B and giving greater freedom ot' movement thereto, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. As an improved Construction of shutterbolts, the shutter-pulls A and C, as shown and described, east integral with the bolt and keeper eases and plates thereof", whereby the shutter-fittings are made more eoinpaet and accessible, substantially as and Yfor the pun pose set l'orthn GEORGE )L BECHTEL. Witnesses:

Tnoiris l. KINSEY, l?, Pinnen HUMMEL. 

